Aside from the weird and possibly painful handles, All Clad has a much better reputation. Le Creuset may have a good reputation in enameled cast iron cookware, but it is new to this stainless steel-aluminum cookware. It is one thing if the Le Creuset stainless steel cladded cookware are inexpensive, but they are not. So I am leaning toward All Clad as long as you are ok with the handles.